Our Latest Leadership Assessment—the Awareness 20/20™

Take a few moments to think about times in your career you have worked with various leaders who are very self-aware vs. those who are not. We know that great leaders have deep awareness on many dimensions.

Sometimes we try to call this executive presence. Sometimes we call this strategic thinking. Sometimes we call this design thinking or growth mindset. How have you measured this in the past? It has often been believed that a true understanding of self and others is often beyond words because it draws from a holistic, multi-dimensional approach. Until now.

The assessment challenges leaders to consider their current mindset and take charge of their own careers. It measures their level of self-awareness, creativity, emotional intelligence, caring and connection, communication, intuition, and higher good.

Numerous studies have demonstrated it’s a leader’s mindset and soft skills that predict long-term success. It’s rarely a person’s technical skills that limit their success. This assessment helps leaders focus on areas they can impact quickly, simply by challenging how they think.

This assessment is also designed to help a leader understand how his or her awareness is evolving. The 720° feedback allows a leader to see him or herself over time. The process begins with a 360° feedback gathered from a supervising leader, direct reports, colleagues, and others (customers, suppliers, volunteers, other professional relationships). This first assessment (360°) is useful for setting a baseline and identifying clear leadership growth goals. Later, in six months to a year, the feedback can be collected again (720°) to measure progress.